October 25th.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, a prefecture-level city.

He Xiao and the small team arrived at the filming location of the show, a small local gymnasium.

"Director Zheng, He smiled!"

"You take him to the script study room first, and I'll be there right away. ”

While reporting to Zheng Xia, the chief director of "The Birth of an Actor", the staff on the walkie-talkie, led He Xiao and others to the depths of the stadium.

In front of the dense audience, there are three seats connected to the instructor's seat, facing a boxy stage, several staff are shuttling on it to debug the equipment, and the gaffer has his head down, not knowing what he is recording.

He Xiao wore a mask and followed the footsteps of the staff and hurriedly shuttled through the studio hall.

"Mr. He, you have a rest meeting here, Director Zheng will be here soon, do you have anything to drink?" led He Xiao to the script study room, and the staff asked with a smile on his face.

"Please pour me a glass of boiled water. ”

"Okay. ”

He Xiao didn't have anything to pick, and after saying it casually, the staff member said yes and turned to leave.

Only He Xiao himself was left in the room this time, he looked around, the space was very large, in addition to a sofa in the middle, there was a camera not far away, with a red light flashing on it, which should be turned on.

He Xiao is not uncomfortable with this, he is an old fritter of variety shows, and he naturally knows the rules of variety shows, once he enters the filming venue, he may always be in a state of being filmed, maybe any scene will be edited and played in the later stage.

In fact, it is said that it is a script study room, but it is actually an ordinary lounge, which is brightly decorated, with a luminous icon of a certain domestic mobile phone brand pasted on the back wall, and the mineral water on the table is also a designated brand, which are all sponsors of the show.

There is no difference from the variety shows He Xiao participated in before, the only difference is that the area of the room is larger, in addition to the rest area, there is also a large rehearsal area.

didn't let He Xiao wait too long, the staff brought He Xiao a glass of boiled water, and then Zheng Xia, the chief director of the show, also rushed to the scene with a man and a woman.

The man is in his forties, with a big belly and poop, and there are already signs of baldness on the top of his head, which is He Xiao's old acquaintance, Wang Shi, a famous director of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV.

Standing next to Wang Shi was a woman in her fifties, very temperamental, dressed in black, but He Xiao didn't know this person, and she must not be a public figure.

"He Xiao, long time no see!" Wang Shi laughed as soon as he entered the door, and greeted He Xiao very familiarly, He Xiao made his debut with "The Voice of Dreams", and a big help came from Wang Shi, who is a director, strictly speaking, one of He Xiao's benefactors.

He Xiao also returned the salute with a smile on his face at this time, holding Wang Shi's hands and saying, "Director Wang, it's a pleasure to see you again!"

"Haha, come, let me introduce you, this is Director Zheng Xia, and the chief director in charge of "The Birth of an Actor" this time, Yu Xiao must have mentioned it to you. After Wang Shi shook hands with He Xiao, he smiled and pointed to a man beside him who was about the same age as him, but had a very strong figure and said.

"Hello Director Zheng. ”

"Hello Ho Xiao. ”

The two greeted each other politely.

Although Zheng Xia's name is like a woman, she is not a girl at all, she has a tough guy temperament, which is in stark contrast to the typical middle-aged Wang Shi with a beer belly, he gave up a position at this time, let the woman come to the front, and said: "Let me introduce, this is Ms. Han Xiulan, a Chinese opera performance teacher, and she is also the performance director of our show." ”

"Hello. ”

He Xiao hurriedly shook hands with this woman in her fifties, the other party is a teacher of Chinese opera performance and an old artist, and He Xiao still respects this very much.

"I've been following you for a long time, He Xiao, and I will help you grow your acting skills as quickly as possible in the show. Han Xiulan smiled kindly, stretched out her hands that were not like those in their fifties and shook hands with He Xiao.

"Thank you, teacher. He Xiao replied.

After some politeness, I almost knew the people in the program team, and Zheng Xia told He Xiao about the rules of the show "The Birth of an Actor".

The original intention of "The Birth of an Actor" is to prove the profession of an actor and tell the public what acting is all about, how to call acting good, and how to act well.

From the perspective of acting, build a real platform for powerful dream-chasing actors to learn from each other.

An acting mentor is both a mentor and a challenged.

There are a total of six contestants in each issue, and the actors who act in pairs and PK on the same stage, and who have won the highest recognition from the audience and mentors, can be promoted and have the qualifications to choose to challenge a mentor.

Generally speaking, the format of "The Birth of an Actor" is similar to "The Voice of Dreams".

For example, in the world of black mobile phones, whether the participating actors can be promoted successfully has a lot to do with the choice of mentors, and the number of audience votes does not play a decisive role in some cases.

Each tutor's right to choose represents fifty votes, which is directly comparable to a small half of the audience on the scene, even if the other party is more than 100 votes behind, but as long as the tutor wants to promote him, two votes down, you can let him reverse the promotion, this system is unfair to a certain extent, and the mentor's rights are too great.

Although the mentor is professional, but acting and acting, in the final analysis, it is still for the audience to see, which actor performs well, the audience knows in their hearts, and sometimes there is really no need for the mentor to stand up and reverse the situation, but it seems that the promotion guest has already been determined.

Zheng Xia's version of "The Birth of an Actor" cancels this rule and weakens the rights of the mentors, and the recognition of each mentor can only be equivalent to twenty audience votes, which is no longer as exaggerated as in the black mobile phone world.

It is also worth mentioning that when Zheng Xia weakened the rights of mentors, she also increased the accusations of mentors as "mentors".

What is a Mentor?

It's not like sitting on it, drinking tea, and making a few comments casually, just call it a mentor.

The mentor is responsible for leading the players under him, giving guidance, improving the level in this field, and gaining a deeper understanding of the meaning of this profession.

This is the "mentor".

Many variety shows have actually forgotten the meaning of the existence of mentors, including "The Birth of an Actor" in the black mobile phone world, which also makes this mistake, and the three celebrities who have achieved fame in the entertainment industry sit on the high stage as mentors, but what have they done?

Criticize and criticize the students, pretend to vote for approval or disapproval, and there is no guidance at all, and even in the PK stage of the mentor battle, they only practice their own skills, thinking about how they can win, and they have no intention of promoting their juniors at all.

On the contrary, as an invited acting teacher, he tried his best to help the actors participating in the show in the rehearsal stage, how to quickly integrate into the role, to perform the script well, and keep digging out dry goods, compared with the "mentors" who can only sit on the high stage and play tricks, it seems that they are more like mentors.

Zheng Xia has her own views on variety shows, and his idea is to completely subvert the setting that the mentor is more like the mascot of the town, and requires that when the mentor fights, every mentor has the best to help the students how to act and how to surpass themselves.

In this way, it is more in line with the theme of the program "The Birth of an Actor".

I have to say that after listening to Zheng Xia's program planning, He Xiao has a strong respect for him, this is a different director.

Just rushed to his idea, He Xiao knew that the show "The Birth of an Actor" was definitely not bad when filmed, he, like Wang Shi, was a director with his own thoughts, and this variety show form was destined to have no insider.

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